Question

What is meant by alternative negatives? Give five pairs of alternative negatives

Answer 1

adjective. A fact, situation, or experience that is negative is unpleasant, depressing, or harmful. The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative. All this had an extremely negative effect on the criminal justice system.

Answer 2

Alternative negatives:

Alternative negatives are word pairs that convey a negative meaning but has a positive word attached to it conveying an alternate meaning.

Explanation:

Alternative negatives are based on contrasts. They have a pair of words written syntactically together to convey a strikingly negative meaning.

For example:

1. The King faced a triumphant defeat. Triumphant defeat is the alternative negative.

2. Tughlaq was the wisest fool. Wisest fool is the alternative negative.

3. His achievement was an escalating crash. Escalating crash is the alternative negative.

4. Man dwells in eternal mortality. Eternal mortality is the alternative negative.

5. He rules in glorious insignificance. Glorious insignificance is the alternative negative.